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Running Hyper-V in Windows Home Edition
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vir.bat
pushd "%~dp0"
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\*Hyper-V*.mum >hyper-v.txt
for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . hyper-v.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"
del hyper-v.txt
Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All /LimitAccess /ALL
pause
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Hyper-V enables you to run Docker or Kubernetes in your local Windows system but unfortunately, it cannot be installed in Windows Home Edition.

But you can enable Hyper-V in Windows Home Edition, by following the few steps:

  1. To check if virtualization is supported on Windows 8 and above, run the following command on your Windows terminal or command prompt.
    systeminfo

If you see the following output, virtualization is supported on Windows.

 Hyper-V Requirements:   VM Monitor Mode Extensions: Yes
                          Virtualization Enabled In Firmware: Yes
                          Second Level Address Translation: Yes
                          Data Execution Prevention Available: Yes

  1. Open cmd in administrator mode and create copy the code and save it as vir.bat

  2. Run vir.bat and you would see logs like below:

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  1. Press Y and reboot your system!

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